Linux Spring - no alt tab?

[CautionToTheWind]

Hi, i'm running linux native spring with the windows lobby as per Det's howto. When the game starts (native spring), i cant alt-tab or swtich task in any way. There are other games that dont allow an easy alt-tab, but spring is the only one that wont let me switch even with keyboard shotcuts to start menu, run command or the katapult launcher. When spring is running, its like a game console, expect of course for the text terminals (CTRL+ALT+F1-6).

I think it would be useful to alt-tab for many reasons, so maybe the devs can look into it?

Thanks.

[det]

I agree that this is highly annoying. It prevents me from changing the window and using the keyboard to control rhythmbox. I think it applies to all fullscreen SDL apps. I spent a little time researching the problem and thought "SDL_WM_GrabInput" might solve the problem. But inserting a toggle in the source code hasn't seemed to changed anything.

[trepan]

This setup works for Alt+Tab, and my virtual screen keys (Alt+[1|4]).
It runs the game fullscreen, but also allows you to return to windowed
mode. Note that icewm can be setup to relay some of its special keys
to apps as well.

~/.springrc: Fullscreen=0
~/.springrc: WindowedEdgeMove=1

WindowManager = icewm, (press Alt+F11 for fullscreen)
(or another wm that can do 'virtual' fullscreen windows, that
is borderless windows that match the screen geometry and
are placed at the top of the stack).

[Nonor]

I'm using another solution, which is working for every game and only got advantages.
Just use a script to launch another X server and use "Ctrl + Alt + F7/8" to switch between your desktop and your game. Like this, it just rocks
My script is smthg like this :

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#!/bin/sh
if (($#<1)) ; then
  echo "Syntax : $0 <command> [<arguments>]"
  exit 1
fi

sudo Xorg -nolisten tcp -terminate -ac :9 &
sleep 2
export DISPLAY=":9"
xterm -bg black -fg red -geometry 300x100 "$@"

Of course you can customize it a bit... That's the power of scripting.
Also think about configuring sudo as necessary.

[CautionToTheWind]

Yes, its a very good idea. I actually wrote an HOW-TO on in.